September 11, 2012
Chris Ferguson (no, not that Chris Ferguson of Full Tilt fame) is currently celebrating a GBP 105,900 boost to his bankroll after taking down the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Newcastle main event, despite plenty of opposition from a star-studded entry field of 623 players. Among the entrants were notable names like WSOP ace […]
September 10, 2012
German poker player Ole Schemion emerged as the most successful player in a field of 573 entered for this year’s Partouche Poker Tour, which ended in Cannes over the weekend. The German ace survived a tough final table and a hotly contested heads up with Russian player Karen Sarkisyan to secure the win and the […]
September 10, 2012
One of the latest applicants for a Nevada online poker licence, ACEP Interactive, spoke about its plans for an entry into a legalised intrastate online poker market at the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s recent hearing, which recommended the company to the Nevada Gaming Commission. A subsidiary of American Casino and Entertainment Properties, which owns four […]
September 10, 2012
Steven Segal, legal council for the U.S. Full Tilt Poker Player Accountholders has withdrawn the class action suit against Full Tilt following review of the July 31st U.S. Department of Justice settlement with PokerStars. Segal said in the court submission that the class recognise that their interests are best served by allowing the agreed settlement […]
September 9, 2012
FoxTV has announced that it has struck a deal for a pilot episode for the upcoming “All In,” a show being put together by Green Lantern star Ryan Reynolds’ production company, DarkFire TV and 20th Century Fox Television. The show, a single-camera comedy follows the life and activities of the fictional Tommy Vigorish, a compulsive […]
September 8, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Control Board made another historic recommendation this week, provisionally approving two affiliate marketing websites belonging to Poker Trip Enterprises Inc. of Las Vegas. On September 20 the application will go before the Nevada Gaming Commission for ratification, making the company the first to secure an affiliate licence for the promotion of online […]
September 7, 2012
Patrick Partouche has returned to say that the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) will now honour the original Euro 5 Million Guarantee but maintains that the tournament currently in play will still be the last Following extensive coverage in the media and faced with angry criticism from players, Partouche maintained its “no guarantee” position but said […]
September 6, 2012
The US Democratic Party’s manifesto released this week is in marked contrast to the Republican Party platform released recently, which specifically recorded the party’s hard-line opposition to online gambling; the Dems appear to have simply ignored the issue. The Las Vegas Review Journal carried a well-balanced article on the omission this week, canvasing the opinions […]
September 6, 2012
The French gambling group Partouche is currently at the centre of a growing row over its guaranteed prize pool in the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) main event currently underway in Cannes, France. After making much in a marketing sense of the Euro 5 million it had set aside for the prize pool, the company advised […]
September 6, 2012
Industry observers were speculating on the factors that drove a remarkable 33 percent rise in traffic at the Microgaming Poker Network this week. The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reported: “Microgaming Network booked a massive 33 percent gain for the week. The reason for the sudden surge is unknown, but it was enough to vault […]